BUDIDAYA TANAMAN JAGUNG (Zea mays) DENGAN APLIKASI RHIZOBAKTERI DI NAGARI SUNGAI DURIAN KABUPATEN SOLOK

Abstract

Nagari Sungai Durian of Solok District is one of the village that has various problems such
as drought, high number of unused land and the distance of urban access. In the cultivation of food
crops required a lot of water such as rice, so that productivity is not optimal. For that the selection of
corn as a cultivation plant is a possible thing because corn plants merupkan food crops that do not
require much water. But some of the constraints faced when corn plant perspectives are low productivity
due to disruption of pests and diseases and soil less fertile. The solution that can be offered is by planting
corn crops that are more resistant to drought and the use of rhizobacteria as pest and disease control
agents. In addition to pest and disease control agents, the use of rhizobacteria which also called PGPR
(Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria) that can increase growth and yield of plants. The purpose of
this community service program is to provide knowledge to the community in the cultivation of corn
crops with the application of rhizobacteria. This activity is done by socialization and demonstration
plot. This activity has been able to educate the general community about farmers about corn cultivation
with rhizobakteri application. From this activity also can be concluded that corn plant with application
of Rhizobakteri have growth and yield higher than corn plant without application of Rhizobakteri.